L48: (11) Jay Clarke WR 167 (CH = 157 in July last year) vs BYE Jay will play the lacal WC, Jiri Lehecka, or Daniel Masur in the last 32. Stan the Man has another wild card & is the top seed.
It's not perfect because the lists I have seen have had out of date rankings, so I've removed the rankings and reordered them with todays (as they won't change anymore as far as seedings are concerned until the tournament starts). The ranking order is correct up until Lauren Davis because a few like Kr...
What tragic news this evening that basketball legend Kobe Bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash. He was an inspiration to so many people both within the world of basketball an beyond. He was just 41 years old and leaves a wife and 4 children. Let's not forget too that sadly 4 other people were...
Nice to be able to report on events with week numbers again after 22 weeks without! The LTA is organising 3 weeks of competition in various age groups at five venues, but with the under 16 and under 18 aimed at top juniors being played in Nottingham. The under 18 winners gain wild cards into the followin...
ATP Challenger - Prague II ATP Challenger - Trieste ITF M25 - Poland ITF M15 - Austria ITF M15 - Netherlands ITF W15 - Italy ITF W15 - Netherlands edited to take out cancellations since original posting edit - 14th August - M15 Belarus cancelled -- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 13th of August 202...
I read on the ITF site that Angela Buxton has passed away. She was of course a Wimbledon Finalist, in the 50's, as well as winning doubles at Wimbledon and the French. She suffered from much prejudice in her life, as a Jewish lady, and triumphed despite the barriers put in her way. She played doubles wit...
Been a long time since I got to start a thread like this. L48: Jay Clarke WR 167 vs Dmitry Popko (KAZ) WR 176 (CH 167 Feb 20) Jay missed out by 1 spot on a seeding with 16th seed being Stephen Diaz WR 165. He may have got that seeded spot but for Stan Wawrinka being given a WC. Clearly he is Nş1 seed, If Jay gets t...
Heather has drawn Jennifer Brady, Jo has drawn Bouzkova. They could play in Last 8. Serena is top seed and will play Venus or Azarenka in round 2! -- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 9th of August 2020 07:13:27 AM-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 9th of August 2020 07:15:04 AM
Hi just joined. Regarding halogen lighting. Haven't played for quite a few years but now getting on a bit need the exercise as often as possible, however suddenly discovering probably like many others down the years, that it's almost impossible to see the ball properly when serving and when switche...
ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (starts 21/8)WTA Premier 5 Cincinnati (starts 21/8)ATP Challenger Prague ATP Challenger TodiITF M25 AustriaITF W15 PortugalEdit - 14th August - M15 Belarus cancelled-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 6th of August 2020 09:02:36 AM-- Edited by JonH comes home on...
Here is a challenge that has been set by Marcus Willis on Twitter this morning. You might like to try it. His challenge is simply, NAME THE 15. No cheating by looking up Yaz Clarke's answer sheet on Twitter. I am ashamed to admit, I got 1 and guessed 1. But that was all.
Putting some initial threads up for events as they start to come back. I haven't gone through saying which British player in playing where, just the events as I know them that are taking place and may include a British presence: I have kept the British Tour and UK Pro Series events away from here as the...
These start next week and go on for several weeks, so it felt like it made sense to have a separate thread to allow people to comment on these matches that doesnt interfere with the British Tour, Progress Tour etc. Will do same for womens. Dont think individual events need separate threads, suspect it...
This is not meant as a criticism more as a request to help us all! And forgive me if anyone takes umbrage or disagrees. It's really great when someone says " Evo has withdrawn from Wimbledon " or whatever. But I also find it really, really helpful if you can attach a link to the article or an article. ...
Another little distraction for anyone in need of one, feel free to contribute. The game is adapted from John Finnemore's original in the Zurich episode of his Radio Comedy, 'Cabin Pressure'. It's called: People who should have been arch-enemies Hopefully the few examples from the show will make it...
I've entertained myself by grading player performances overall during the UK closed door tournaments. This is highly subjective but I wonder if others agree/disagree with my assessments. A- Significantly better than expected B- Better than expected C- As expected D- Not as good as expected E- Mu...
